Tips

Tips

Return on Investment (ROI)

• Cloud computing economics: Juggling availability, performance and cost

  Companies must answer complicated questions about cloud computing economics as emerging platforms offer attractive IT capabilities that come with unexpected costs.  Continue Reading

• Free IT budget plan templates for CIOs

  A solid IT budget is key to both managing tech spending and facilitating collaboration. Check out these free IT budget plan templates to help craft yours.  Continue Reading

• Data monetization success begins with three key concepts

  Companies are eyeing data assets as the new cash cow, but monetizing data is hard to do, warn data monetization experts Lydia Jones and Karl Urich. Here's what you need to know.  Continue Reading

• New CIOs: How to succeed in the first 120 days

  New CIOs have a short window to prove their mettle. Accenture's Diana Bersohn lays out a 120-day-plan for success.  Continue Reading

• Don't risk mobile chaos for lack of mobile governance

  Without governance, BYOD will quickly turn into mobile chaos. SearchCIO expert Bryan Barringer lays out the fundamentals of forming a mobility governance team.  Continue Reading

• How to monetize your mobile app

  Monetizing your mobile application isn't easy. In this SearchCIO tip, three experts share the secrets behind monetizing their mobile apps and offer advice on how you, too, can develop a successful app.  Continue Reading

• How to cut the cost of cloud computing and avoid sprawl

  How can CIOs assess cloud spending and avoid sprawl? In this tweet jam recap, IT execs and experts discuss how to cut the cost of cloud computing.  Continue Reading

• CIO advice on showing value of social media and collaboration initiatives

  Two top CIOs give their quick takes on proving up the value of social media and collaboration tools.  Continue Reading

• Harnessing potential, avoiding problems with smaller PaaS providers

  Smaller PaaS providers or the usual suspects? Gartner's Yefim Natis discusses the pros of partnering with PaaS startups and how to avoid the cons.  Continue Reading

• Free cost-benefit analysis template examples for CIOs

  Check out this collection of free cost-benefit analysis examples to determine, in a systematic way, which decision or project is the most beneficial to your organization.  Continue Reading

• Making a business case for data storage and backup

  CIO Niel Nickolaisen lays out how he gets the business to invest in storage and backup technologies starting with a business case for the value of data.  Continue Reading

• Cost, data quality issues still hobble CIOs' BI strategies

  Data quality remains a top challenge for business intelligence. For CIOs, this should be the question: What's good enough for the task at hand?  Continue Reading

• Smart business intelligence strategy all about making better decisions

  CIOs seeking competitive advantage must make better decisions about products, markets, operations and customers. The right BI strategy can guide them.  Continue Reading

• Warning: IT chargebacks can be harmful to the IT-business relationship

  If you must engage in IT chargebacks, tread carefully because they can prove harmful to the IT-business relationship. Here are some reasons why our expert is not a big fan.  Continue Reading

• Cost reduction tips for your strategic sourcing contracts

  CIOs should revisit their strategic sourcing contracts and work closely with their suppliers to analyze current spending and achieve maximum cost reductions.  Continue Reading